Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.
On Sun, 13 May 2007 21:04:05 +0200
Joe Hart <j.hart@orange.nl> wrote:
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> > What application do you think its best for backing up /home files in
> > Debian Etch?
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> > Thank you.
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> There are a lot of different ways to go about this. One of the most
> common programs do do this is tar.
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> rsync is good if you have another place that you would like to use as a
> mirror.
There are also various packages that provide scripts that make using
rsync for incremental backups easier (they're basically rsync front
ends, with their own config files). I use rsnapshot.
> Then there are things like rdiff that let you do incremental backups of
> only things that change.
>
> You really just need to find the tool that is best for you.
>
> Joe
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